Written by Gaby Kovács On the final Saturday of the season, there were three teams with everything to play for, as the final European spot was up for grabs. Honvéd were in the driving seat, holding that 4th position, knowing that all they had to do was win. Paks needed to win and hope that Honvéd lost and Kecskemét lost or drew, while Kecskemét needed a win and Honvéd to lose, due to their superior goal difference to Paks. It promised...

Written by Gaby Kovács Kecskemét 0 Újpest 0 The Széktói Stadion hosted Friday nights first game where the home side had a chance to make 4th place their own and give themselves a good chance of playing in Europe next season, but Újpest are a different team under interim coach Marc Leliévre and with 3 draws in their previous 4 games, the once relegation candidates made life difficult for Kecskemét. Újpest had a couple of chances...

Written by Gaby Kovács Paks 2 Vasas 1 With a 2 point deduction handed to Vasas in the week, Friday night’s game became a must win as they travelled to face Paks at the Városi Sporttelep. They started brightly enough and were rewarded after 26 minutes when Bárányos headed home unmarked from a few yards out to give them the lead, but almost instantly they self-destructed as firstly Böde equalised on 29 minutes and then Bartha...

Frenchman Adamo Coulibaly joined Debrecen in 2009 and has gone on to be one of the league’s most prolific strikers. Winning every domestic honour during his time in Hungary and the current season’s top scorer, he speaks exclusively to Gaby Kovács. How did your move to Hungary come about? There were a lot of options before moving to Hungary including Germany, England and France, however Debrecen seemed the best place to go...

Renowned football magazine World Soccer compiled a list about the world’s 50 greatest football derbies and 31st on the list is Hungary’s biggest football rivalry, Ferencváros vs. Újpest. What has turned a simple match between 2 teams of Budapest’s 2 far-away districts (Ferencváros, nicknamed Fradi is in the 9th district, while Újpest is in the 4th district of Budapest) into such a big rivalry that it is now according to World...